Clothes drier



`L. scHlssEL 2,406,638

g CLOTHES DRIER A Aug. 27, 1946.

lFiled `May 1, 1944 Patented Aug. 27, i946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES DRIER Louis Schissel, Flushing, N. Y.

Application May 1, 1944, Serial No. 533,561

y 1 Claim.

in clothes driers of the portable foldable type,

capable of use in supporting articles to be dried in any location, and more particularly designed for conveniently supporting articles in a bath room or like location for convenience.

The invention involves duplicate frames supported for spreading under relative pivotal movement, with the upper ends of the frames connected by parallel strands on which the articles to be dried are to lbe supported; the lower ends of the frames being provided with feet to form normal supports for the drier, with the feet arranged so that the drier, in reversed position, may be connected to and supported from an appropriate overhead xture, providing for example, the convenient use of the drier in the bath room.

yThe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved drier.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the drier, showing vthe same in extended operative relation in full lines and in folded relation in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the drier showing the same inverted and suspended from a xture.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan vieW of the drier, the upper portion of the frame being omitted, and the formation of the feet provide for an inverted support of the drier, particularly illustrated.

Figure 5 is a detail inverted perspective View of the foot piece to ,bring out the location of the depressions therein.

The improved drier comprises duplicate frames, each including a bar I of an appropriate length and of any desired form and cross section, a strip 2 of appropriate length and width secured at the upper end of each bar I, and a foot piece 3 secured at the lower end of each bar. The frames are pivotally connected at 4 by a pivot pin passing through the bars Land located closer to the ends of the bars carrying the feet than to the opposite ends, whereby to permit a relatively wide spread of the strips 2. The strips 2 are united by article supporting strands 5,

preferably made up, but not necessarily limited to, an endless length of cord, threaded through openings 6 in the strips 2 to thereby provide a series of parellel strands extending longitudinally between the strips 2 and of a length to be in stretched or taut relation when the drier is opened.

(o1. 21h-17's) The drier is maintained in normally stretched open relation by connectors 1 between thebars I of one frame and the foot 3 of the other frame. These connectors include a coil spring 8, connected to an eye 9, at an appropriate distance between the pivot 4 in the bar I, and a Wire length I0 connected at one end to the spring and formed at the opposite end with a hook II to removably engage an eye I2 in the foot 3. When the respective connectors are in place, the strands 5 are held distended by the tension of the springs 8, which springs act to increasingly resist the depression of the strands 5 under increasing load thereon. Thus the drier automatically and proportionally resists any intending collapse of the drier under increasing load.

The use of such a drier for convenient use in drying relatively small articles, which under restricted surroundings may be Washed in the bath room or the like, is highly desirable, and the present invention lends itself more particularly to this use by the following provision. Each -foot piece 3 is of truncated triangular form and in plate-like configuration. The upper edges of the feet extend in both directions beyond the bar I to which they are connected, and such upper edge of each foot is formed With a circular notch or depression I3. The depressions I3 are formed on relatively opposite sides of the respective bars I of each frame, asy shown more particularly in Figure 4.

The use of the drier in the bath room is provided for by inverting the drier from its normal operative position, as shown in Figure 1, and suspending the drier from the shower curtain rod I4 by engaging the recesses I3 over such rod. This relation is shown particularly in Figure 3. As the notches I3 are on opposite sides of the frame bars I, the drier as a whole is balanced on the curtain rod and tipping or displacement thereof is practically avoided.

When not desired for use, the hooks II are disconnected from the eyes I2, and the frames folded on their pivotal connection vII, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

The drier as a whole is preferably constructed of Wood in order that it may be readily and conveniently portable. However, any desired materials may be employed for this purpose and no restriction is intended by the specific reference to the material above.

What I claim is:

A clothes drier including upper strips, bars secured to said strips and depending therefrom in crossed relation, a pivot uniting the bars, supfrom the bar connecting that foot, the respective notches being on relatively opposite sides of the respective bars and combining to provide an inverted support for the drier from an appro- 5 priate xture to maintain the drier in a balanced relation on said fixture.

LOUIS SCHISSEL. 

